If you have ever wondered why it is necessary to sign so many sheets of paper when buying or selling a house in the United States, just know that entering into a contract could be worse in other parts of the world.
I've been enjoying reading "Working with Contracts - What Law School Doesn't Teach You," by Charles M. Fox. The book provides a really good summary of what we corporate lawyers do every day. It also includes some interesting tidbits, such as this nugget on contractual formalities on page 159:
"[M]any German agreements must be read aloud from beginning to end (including schedules) by a notary, and some must be bound by a ribbon which is affixed to both the cover page and the back page with a waxed seal."
Apparently, the efficiency famously exhibited by German engineers is not shared by German lawyers!
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